For weeks, President Obama kept quiet as the Donald helped fuel "birther" conspiracy theories. "He doesn't have a birth certificate," Trump told "Good Morning America" in spring 2011. "He may have one, but there is something on that birth certificate -- maybe religion, maybe it says he's a Muslim,

For weeks, President Obama kept quiet as the Donald helped fuel "birther" conspiracy theories. "He doesn't have a birth certificate," Trump told "Good Morning America" in spring 2011. "He may have one, but there is something on that birth certificate -- maybe religion, maybe it says he's a Muslim, (Getty Images)

David Letterman fired the first shot in this battle when he took Trump to task via "Late Show" guest Dr. Phil McGraw about his questioning President Barack Obama's entry into Harvard. Letterman told McGraw in late April, "It's all fun, it's all a circus, it's all a rodeo, until it starts to smack

David Letterman fired the first shot in this battle when he took Trump to task via "Late Show" guest Dr. Phil McGraw about his questioning President Barack Obama's entry into Harvard. Letterman told McGraw in late April, "It's all fun, it's all a circus, it's all a rodeo, until it starts to smack (Getty Images)

UPDATED: Presidential candidate Donald Trump, who is leading in the polls, will talk to CBS' "Face the Nation," NBC's "Meet the Press" and ABC's "This Week" before the first presidential debate on Thursday.

The Sunday programs will be featuring many presidential hopefuls.

Trump will be on "This Week" along with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. Sanders is challenging...

TCM salutes John Wayne on Aug. 19, and the lineup includes 'The Quiet Man' with Maureen O'Hara.

TCM salutes John Wayne on Aug. 19, and the lineup includes 'The Quiet Man' with Maureen O'Hara.

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With the arrival of August, we get TCM's wonderful Summer Under the Stars festival.

Each day, the channel will play 24 hours of movies featuring one performer.

TCM draws attention the legends and the character actors who enriched the movie industry. The festival starts with the enchanting Gene Tierney, whose work deserves greater attention, and ends with Shelley Winters, a two-time Oscar winner for...